Student Presidential Election Poll

A poll of Calvin Christian High School (CCHS) students shows that as of October 19, 50 percent of students said that they would vote for Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election if they had the chance, while a mere 7.1 percent said that they would vote for Hillary Clinton. Numbers like this may be caused by an apparent interest in the libertarian candidate, Gary Johnson, as he gained the hypothetical vote of 42.9 percent of polled students.

The poll was sent out to CCHS students asking a simple question, “If you were able to vote in this upcoming presidential election, who would you vote for?” They were given the option to cast their vote for any of the four running candidates, or write in an alternative (which, no students did).

Third party candidate, Gary Johnson, fared almost as well as the official Republican candidate, Donald Trump, while Jill Stein, Green party candidate, did not get any votes from students. While it is not unheard of for a third party candidate to poll as well as Johnson did, it is interesting to note that the official Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, received only a small fraction of the student support that Johnson did.

These numbers only further prove that this election is a unique one. While most CCHS students will not be casting their vote in November, it is still important to be thinking about the tough choice America will make on Election Day.

By: Miriam Nelson, Writer